The Happiest Millionaire (album)
The Happiest Millionaire is an album by pianist and bandleader Count Basie and His Orchestra featuring performances of tunes featured in Walt Disney's motion picture The Happiest Millionaire recorded in 1967 and released on the Coliseum label.Track listing
All compositions by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
- "Detroit"
- "Strengthen the Dwelling"
- "I'll Always be Irish"
- "Valentine Candy"
- "Bye-Yum-Pum-Pum"
- "Watch Your Footwork"
- "What's Wrong with That"
- "Let's Have a Drink on It"
- "Are We Dancing"
- "Fortuosity"
- Recorded at A & R Recording in New York on October 4, 1967, October 5, 1967 and October 6, 1967
Personnel
- Count Basie - piano
- Al Aarons, Sonny Cohn, Gene Goe, Sam Noto - trumpet
- Richard Boone, Harlan Floyd, Grover Mitchell - trombone
- Bill Hughes - bass trombone
- Bobby Plater - alto saxophone, flute
- Marshal Royal - alto saxophone, clarinet
- Eric Dixon - tenor saxophone, flute
- Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - tenor saxophone
- Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone
- Freddie Green - guitar
- Norman Keenan - bass
- Louis Bellson - drums
- Chico O'Farrill - arranger